Mr. Coffee® K-Cup® Single Cup Brewing System Review

I received a product from Mr. Coffee® in order to write this review. No other compensation was given. All thoughts & opinions are 100% my own.

It’s no secret that here in our family, my husband is quite the coffee addict. He drinks at least one cup before heading off to work in the morning, several cups during the day and at least 1 cup at night. Since he is the only coffee drinker here, he never makes a full pot of coffee, usually just enough for 1 1/2 cups in his french press. However, he’s been wanting to try a coffee maker that takes the Keurig® K-Cups® so that not only can he make one cup of coffee at a time, but he can also try different flavors of coffee too.

Mr. Coffee® sent us the Mr. Coffee® Single Cup K-Cup® Brewing System to try & review. When we opened the box, I was happy to see there wasn’t a lot of pieces or things to put together. Inside was the machine itself, the water reservoir, 5 K-Cups® to try and the instructions. Nice & easy!

Inside the box, you’ll find an instruction book & a Quick Start Guide. I love when products have the Quick Start Guides because it makes it so much easier than having to read a whole book of instructions, plus it has pictures which is a huge plus. First, we cleaned the water reservoir with a little soap & hot water. Then, we filled it enough to make 2 cups of coffee. I really like that part, that you don’t have to take the reservoir off the coffee machine for another cup of coffee, it’s already hot & ready to go after your first cup. (The reservoir holds 40 oz. of water – perfect for multiple cups of coffee!) I put the reservoir back on the the machine and asked my husband which K-Cup® flavor he wanted to try first. In case you haven’t used a K-Cup® before, you just pop it in the little tray (that is really easy to open) and close it. You don’t open the K-Cup® or anything, the machine does all the work!

The great thing about the machine is you can choose what size coffee you’re about to make (6 oz., 8 oz. or 10 oz.). If you want to do the 10 oz., you can remove the removable drip tray to accommodate larger cups or travel mugs, which is perfect for my husband to do in the morning before he goes to work. We chose to test out the 8 oz. size and turned on the machine.

One of the complaints that my husband read online in reviews was that it took longer than the 1 minute brew time that it states on the box & in the instruction manual. We found that for the first cup of coffee, it takes about 2-3 minutes from the time I hit the brew button to when the coffee is actually finished brewing. We then put in another K-Cup® and tested it again (again, using the 8 oz. setting) and it took about 45 seconds. I think that the first brew just needs a little bit to warm up the water & I certainly don’t think that 3 minutes is too long to wait. We just found that it was longer for the first cup than what it said on the box & also longer than the cups that were brewed after.

I love that this machine is completely easy to set up & use. Also, not only does it brew great tasting coffee, you can also make iced tea & hot chocolate as well. There are 250 coffee, tea & hot chocolate varieties to buy for a K-Cup® machine from companies like Bigelow, Tully’s, Dunkin’ Donuts and more. K-Cups® are easy to find in stores or you can buy them online too at places like Cross Country Cafe (affiliate link).

My husband plans to take the Mr. Coffee® K-Cup® Single Cup Brewing System with him to put in his office at work. It’s so convenient for him to just pop in his favorite flavor K-Cup® and have a cup of coffee in a matter of minutes. He usually had to walk down the street to his work cafeteria and it wasn’t always convenient to do so, so now he can have a great cup of coffee any time!

The Mr. Coffee® K-Cup® Single Cup Brewing System has a MSRP of $99.99, but it’s also being sold on Amazon for less (Currently it’s $80.10 plus FREE shipping!) (affiliate link)

Tara is a blogger and a homeschooling mom, who lives with her fiancée and 3 kids in Southern California. A Spectacled Owl was started in June 2012 because Tara loved entering giveaways on other blogs & wanted to do the same thing for other people. It's quickly grown & turned into much more than she could ever have imagined.

You know, I had a Keurig and I sold it because it never did brew the cup size I wanted. I thought it was overpriced and finicky. I like that there are now better options like this Mr. Coffee!Bias recently posted..Win Your Own Google Glass

I love Mr. Coffee and am so excited to see that they have a keurig-like machine! I have always wanted a Keurig but they are so expensive whereas the Mr. Coffee is more affordable…especially with the introductory price! Thanks for the in depth post!

I love Mr. Coffee! My husband is a huge coffee drinker as well! I really like how easy and simple this looks to use, and the fact that you can also make hot chocolate and tea in it as well. Also the different sizes to choose from is awesome! Very cool that it works with all k cups.

I wish I would have know about this one before I bought my more expensive Keurig on Amazon. This is a much better price point and it looks like a great unit.Denise Taylor-Dennis recently posted..Giveaway – Mega Movie Pack – Ends April 21, 2014

This looks like a pretty good coffee maker overall. One minor complaint is that we use 16 oz. cups in our house and this unit only goes to 10 oz. I like the lower price for it though, it’s a lille less cost that most of the other K-Cup units on the market.David Smith recently posted..3 Piece Galileo Thermometer Set Giveaway

i love there coffee makers already and now i am in love, i am hoping to get real lucky and winning this one, have been wanting a single coffee maker for a long time now… thanks for the review and share 🙂

I am SO one of those “please dont speak to me until my 1st cup” kind of gals. I have wondered if these one cup wonder machines taste fresher than a brewed pot. I have wondered if they taste stronger than a whole brewed pot. I am not tech suave at all. I can hot glue the day lights outta anything but to inset tab A into slot B is hard for me man! With electronic devices I often say I have a gremlin on my shoulder that mucks up every thing I plug in! hehehe It seems that this system may be friendly to all thumbs glas like me.

My husband wants a keurig but they are just too pricey. There mini one is the same price as this one!!! I told my husband that I was not willing to spend that type of money on anything that made coffee (mainly because I dont drink coffee) but since there are so many other drinks that can be made with this (k-cups) I will consider it since its only $100 lol And 3 minutes isnt even that long considering how long it takes our coffee maker now just to make 4 cups!!!

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